Automobile-bumper



L. BAUMGRTL.

AUTOMOBILE BUMPER.

APPLICATION min 1v1/ws, 1920.

mmm my my 1926.

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flpplcaton iled May 6, 192K).

.Re il; known inet i, Limon BAUMGARTL, zi citizen, oit' the United Stolz/es, residing' nl; Chimigo, in he eounty of (fooi: oud Siete of illinois, have inveni'ed :i new und useful uuwm'enient in iiuoinohilediuuipere, of whieh die foiiowing ie n specification.

, My primary olijee; lio provide :i novel,

simple and eeuuauruii'ely economical een-- slruelion of lunnoer which n'iil he duruhle und opende in :i higrhly euiie'liueiory inunner io proieei 'ehe automobile uggixinst in'u'mefs 'which would oiherwise more or lese seriousiy domage or impair ifi'..

Referring to lille ueeonujmnying drain'- ingzM- A Figure l is u. `plain View of the fron@ end of un uulfnnohiie .Shoo/ii is equipped with ai huinper i' nelzruced in oeeordunei-i with my invenion.. llig. ie un enlarged broken seetion 'taken ui; the iiue 2 on Fig. l. und rienfed in the direction oi' the arrow. iig. 3 is u. seolion i'ulien ai iiie iine 5:5 on Figi. l und viewed in 4ruhe direeaion oi ihe arrow. Fig. l. e 'tion ziiien ni,- iiie iine 4i on Fig. Si und vieuzd in die direeiion oi 'i'zhe arrow. Fig. 5 ,is e plum vier.'Y n. ioelii wnsher employed; und i3, u. toni iiewigii" one oi ziie einiii'izr luuoheie through i 1 medium of which inhe huinper is euppored on iiie unto inohi in bhe puri-"leide of my in illusirued enibodiinene reuiiifin he luunper is formed oiE u. hui' whim in the posiiioning ihe hunigier on un uuioinoiiiie efieiuis rrosswise iiiereoi, this bur heine; pieieruliiy ornied of spring: steel and preeeuliiur the rearwardly und inwordiy curved perilous; 5% whirh ure lient. ino ihe 'Forni of un open eoil :is rinireeenied :u1 und uii'ord un eye-poriion il) on eiieh end of the her 7 'lhroug'h which pins '11. eueh shown is iu jehe .form oi u heil, extend. ushers 12 1nd 13 beine' preferably iui'erposed helween .he elif'e-porlions 1i) and the houde und nuts ril 'ihn holle: ,ihe cross-har I is supported Lhroue'h ihe uiediuln oi urine' 11i shown :1S 2ornied mi ,Sirup iiietui. wii'h iiheir outer ends ienl; into curved forni us represented :it '15 it which porlious they extend into he :pzioes liefween the udjiueiub poriions oi' coils l und eonioriningl); i'i'l'` therein to uilord u iirolul ioin between the :mns 1-1 und lhe oi-Lions; oi' She erosie-imi* i. The inner ein le if the urine ifiure 'm'oully eonneeed. upon @right ones, on the untoinoliile. In uiriienizir eoneriieien iiiueieied i Specicaion of Letters iatent.

depending Pauoenied Jnigy i3, 19260.

Seriai No. 379,241).

effeeied through the medium of spindles 16 jonrneled in the outer ends of lnnekes 17 rigidly secured to the outer ends of the erts, represenied e618, of 'the autoinobie, to 60 which the front ends of the front springs 19 are connected, the ineens shown for seeuringA hese brackets in place comprising U holte i2() Whieh, embrace the portions 18 and interni extensions 2li? of the hinein-fus. The 65 spindies .i6 extend hrongli epertures 2l in iL-he outer ende of jdie breek-ets, the journal connection, of these spindles with the breek- 'ete being iu; Washers and located at the 'upper und lower ends of each of the 70 openings 2i :ind siightly eee inio the latter ne shown, each washer 23 containing u slot 0J mi into which e depending lug 25 on the brnelie i? extends to hold this4 Washer against rotatingL VEhe arms M :1t their inner 75 ends are lient to iorn the eye portions 2G et Whirii they surround @the upper, reduced, eine of Jdie respective spindles 16 and to which zhey are `pinned as indicuied :it 28, the spindies 1G being provided below the S0 enne i. wiiii annular .flanged periions 2i) against the upper suriiuee of which the hairs M exlend edgrewise. Each of' ldie spindies 16 is surroundiid by :i coil Spring- 3() which is secured ai its lower end indieated at 31, to 85 lie Washer 23 :is by positioning it in un opening 353 in the washer thereby holding this end of ille spring` snionurf, lthe upper end of Aehe spring` extendinginte :i siot 33 in the spindle. The spindles 1G ure held against 9U upx'vurd disivihieei'i'ient' hy uus 3%- Serewed upon Tuheir ,iower'threaded ends. The con'- sirueion und urrzuigenlent oi? the springs 30 es siniwn, is sueh us lo cause them to yieldingly Swing' the urine i4. :it their outer ends '95 owerd J:he eenier of Jdie automobile.

it will beiemlily understood from the foregiiing that. impart against the erossdiur 7 will operaie *io enlise one, or both, of Jdie arms 11i io swing outwardly at theirpivotui 100 Connection, or connections, as he euse may he, with the brackets 17 against the resistonee of the springs' cooperating therewith, upon the point ut which the impunt 'is delivered uguinet the cross-her, the 105 eushioning' ueion ullorded hy the spring. or springs :is the euse muy be. being uugginenied where zhe `cross-bur 7 is oi sprinle'y material und serving` ro wry eiieetuully cushion the blow. Where lhe Cross-har '7 is impacted 11e owzird one end, this end of he bumper eirueinre will vieiel been einem, :reim/ ive io its other end, depending upon bow ciose so the end of the erfassbar the blow is delivered, the erossbar .under suoli conditions assuming an inclined. posiei/oi relative ie -,"ransverse axes of the autoiobile and there` by serving io deilect the blow, with *elle mani fest advantage, tlzie double-jointed eonsi'uetion of /he bumper at its opposite ends serving o cause the bumper to unesion 'in the" respect just stated in a liigliiy desirable mannen While l have illustra-ted and described a particular construction embodying my inveniion, li doinoi; Wish io be understood as intending to liinii il; thereto' as the same.

may be variously modified and altered wizl'iw out departing; from ille spirit of tiie`invention.

What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is:

l. in combination with an automobile, a bumper formed oi a cross-bar, arms piv-l otally supported on the automobile in spaced relation and pivotally connected at their outer ends with the ends of said cross-barn,

and spring means operatively engaging said arms and operating to yieldingly resist swinging of said arms under impaei; agains; said cross-bar. i

2. ln combination with an automobile, a bumper formed of a resiliens erossbar, arms pivotally suppored on the automobile in spaced relation and pivotally connected at their outer ends with she ends oi said crossbar, and spring means operatively engaging said arms and operating to yielding/,ly resisi swinging of saidai'ins under impact against said cross-bar.

3. In combination with 'an automobile, a

bumper formed of a erossbai' and piresein-l and snring means eigieiaiively enweingg said .e

bumper fornied oif a er-ossoa'fi arnis nivo'ally supported on Lelio autoinoiile in spaced rela'ion and pivoially connected ai iiiieir ouier ends with ilxe ends oi?, said erossbar, die parts being so eonsirneed and arranged iliat in the normal Condition oi the innnper ilie arms extend ai Heir ouer ends iii a. iateialiy ouin arri oireeiiou.j and means opera'zively engr-aging said aii operating ie yieldinggl L sisi, swinging oi saidarins under inipaee against said crossbar. I

il. in combination with an auifnmibile, moss-bar, spindles journaled in spaced tion ai, an end of the aluminabiie7 i neeed with said spindles and piani: ly eenM nested ai, ilieir ouaeiends with tile ends oi paez aggains' said cross-barl 7, in eoinbina'ion with einigemoliiis.s a

n spaced erossbar., spiniiles journals-c iion ai an end of sin antoine neeea with said spindies and neeied at lieir outer ends 'ine messbar, and springs n gagging said ingiy resist swing-ing of arras ander impact againsi. said erosie-bait 8. eoinbinaiion with an auizonieiiiia a erosabar9 spindles journaied spaced ,relaiion ai; she end oi automobiie, aims sore neeted wiiii iid spindles and griivosaily een neeed ai; ilieii ouei :ids w' die 'ends of cross-bai:p and Y l neans simfoundi said spindies and one? io liieldingly re ef said arms under iinpaoi) againsi; said enossbar.

in Combination wi'ili au'-oinoiiiielv bumper io moss-bari, nii7H oialiy suppeiied on il 1 an" spaced relation am :ai

outer ends erossb and spinne j ineens opera Y,

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arms and easeltine a yi tending to swing them an opposie directions,

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